Thematic Bible
James 2:1 (show verse)
My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
James 2:2 (show verse)
For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing, -
James 2:3 (show verse)
And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly, - and, unto the destitute man, say - Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
James 2:4 (show verse)
Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
James 2:5 (show verse)
Hearken! my brethren beloved: - Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
James 2:6 (show verse)
Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
James 2:7 (show verse)
Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
James 2:8 (show verse)
If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture - Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing;
James 2:9 (show verse)
But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
James 2:10 (show verse)
For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable, -
James 2:11 (show verse)
For, he that hath said - Do not commit adultery, hath also said - Do not commit murder, - now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law.
James 2:12 (show verse)
So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
James 2:13 (show verse)
For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
James 2:14 (show verse)
What profit, my brethren, - if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
James 2:15 (show verse)
If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
James 2:16 (show verse)
And one from among you should say unto them - Withdraw in peace, be getting warmed and fed, but should not give them the things needful for the body, What the profit?
James 2:17 (show verse)
So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.
James 2:18 (show verse)
But one will say, - Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith.
James 2:19 (show verse)
Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well - Even the demons believe, and shudder!
James 2:20 (show verse)
But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?
James 2:21 (show verse)
Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous - when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 2:22 (show verse)
Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full-grown, -
James 2:23 (show verse)
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith - And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God's friend, was he called:
James 2:24 (show verse)
Ye see that - by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone.
James 2:25 (show verse)
And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?
James 2:26 (show verse)
Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.